. Historic towns of the Southern States. in vegetable mould, and ris-ings to the south and west in a succession ofgently swelling eminences, presenting innu-merable building sites of the most attractivecharacter, and draining in every direction;equally free from steep acclivities and un-wholesome flatness, and clothed by naturewith a magnificent forest of wide-spreadingoaks and lofty pines. Far out into the riverthere projects a rocky peninsula, against whoseadamantine sides the stream has dashed itsineffectual fury for countless ages ; and this,in contrast to the bold precipice upon theother
. Historic towns of the Southern States. in vegetable mould, and ris-ings to the south and west in a succession ofgently swelling eminences, presenting innu-merable building sites of the most attractivecharacter, and draining in every direction;equally free from steep acclivities and un-wholesome flatness, and clothed by naturewith a magnificent forest of wide-spreadingoaks and lofty pines. Far out into the riverthere projects a rocky peninsula, against whoseadamantine sides the stream has dashed itsineffectual fury for countless ages ; and this,in contrast to the bold precipice upon theother bank, which was called the Big Rock,gave to the place its name. This promontory is now used as the abut-ment of one of the three bridges that span theriver, and its beauty has been destroyed ; but Little Rock 539 in the old days, when it was clothed withtrees and ferns clinging to its rocky sides andreflected in the waters below, it was a charm-ing sight, and must have been hailed with joyby the early travelers after their weary journey. THE little rock, TO WHICH THE CITY OWES ITS NAME. from the distant sea through the monotony ofthe low-lying wilderness. The original inhabitants of the region werethe Quapaw or Arkansas Indians, a race muchsuperior to the surrounding savages, and whodwelt not in scattered wigwams but in walledvillages, and seem always to have lived inamity with the whites. Father Pierre Fran-9ois de Charlevoix, an early French missionary, 540 Little Rock says of them, The Arkansas are reckonedto be the tallest and best-shaped of all thesavages on this continent, and he speaks atlength of their kindness to the French, andtheir fidelity to their engagements. So Du
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